Wednesday, 4 March 2015

DICK LOCHTE - RAPPIN' DOG (2014)

Dick Lochte is the author of about 15 books in total. His debut
in 1985 was SLEEPING DOG which
introduced investigator Leo Bloodworth as well as his teenage helper
Serendipity Dahlquist. This was followed in 1988 with LAUGHING DOG. Both have been re-published by Brash Books in the
past few months.

RAPPIN’ DOG is a recently
penned short story which introduced both main protagonists to me. Bloodworth is
hired by a high profile rapper after receiving some death threats. Bloodworth
tries to advise him he would be better off in the hands of the police, but our
rapper doesn’t like the cops.

Having had run-ins in the past with a former
employee, we already have a likely suspect (or fall guy).

A fair few twists and turns along the way before we arrive
at a resolution. Our B.A. Dawg dude is kind of past caring by this point. Neat
resolution and credit to the author, I missed the subtle pointer towards our
guilty party.

Interesting enough and definitely a pair of sleuths I will
want to read more about.

20-odd pages long, but good enough to keep the scoreboard ticking
over!

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